by Chris Guld
We were recently at a State Park in Georgia (Fort McAllister – a wonderful park) when a fellow traveler advised us that we might want to avoid I-95 on our way south. “There is a lot of construction on I-95 between here and Florida”, he said.
We heeded his warning, but also have our own reluctance to travel on two lane roads with a lot of stop and go. So, we decided to check the map on our Droid app phone. It has a layer you can turn on for Traffic information. Here’s what we saw:
You can click on the picture for a larger image. The fat green line going vertical is I-95. If traffic was moving slowly it would be colored yellow or even red. This is real time traffic data.
We decided to take I-95 after all. Yes, there was definitely construction going on, but it did not slow down traffic
The Droid continues to delight and amaze us. If you have a Motorola Droid from Verizon, you can see this traffic feature by touching the ‘Map’ app icon (it comes with your phone, it’s Google Maps – all free.) Once the map is displayed, then touch the menu button on the Droid and you’ll see an option for ‘Layers.’ Traffic is one of the layers you can turn on. Touch it, and you’ll see the green checkmark – and you’ll be back at the map with the traffic data showing up.
If you don’t have the Droid, do you use any other traffic data tool?